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Is Saturday 5 January 2019 a England and Wales bank holidays business day?

No: Saturday 5 January 2019 is not a England and Wales bank holidays business day, because England and Wales bank holidays is closed at weekends; England and Wales bank holidays reopens on Monday 7 January 2019 (Zeitwide release 2026.11.03.1).

28 days of England and Wales bank holidays around Sat 5 Jan 2019

England and Wales bank holidays, Tue 1 Jan 2019 to Mon 28 Jan 2019
CalendarTue 1 Jan 2019Wed 2 Jan 2019Thu 3 Jan 2019Fri 4 Jan 2019Sat 5 Jan 2019Sun 6 Jan 2019Mon 7 Jan 2019Tue 8 Jan 2019Wed 9 Jan 2019Thu 10 Jan 2019Fri 11 Jan 2019Sat 12 Jan 2019Sun 13 Jan 2019Mon 14 Jan 2019Tue 15 Jan 2019Wed 16 Jan 2019Thu 17 Jan 2019Fri 18 Jan 2019Sat 19 Jan 2019Sun 20 Jan 2019Mon 21 Jan 2019Tue 22 Jan 2019Wed 23 Jan 2019Thu 24 Jan 2019Fri 25 Jan 2019Sat 26 Jan 2019Sun 27 Jan 2019Mon 28 Jan 2019
England and Wales bank holidaysEngland and Wales bank holidays closed Tue 1 Jan 2019: New Year's DayEngland and Wales bank holidays open Wed 2 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Thu 3 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Fri 4 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sat 5 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sun 6 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Mon 7 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Tue 8 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Wed 9 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Thu 10 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Fri 11 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sat 12 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sun 13 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Mon 14 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Tue 15 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Wed 16 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Thu 17 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Fri 18 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sat 19 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sun 20 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Mon 21 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Tue 22 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Wed 23 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Thu 24 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Fri 25 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sat 26 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays closed for the weekend Sun 27 Jan 2019England and Wales bank holidays open Mon 28 Jan 2019
  • Open
  • Closed
  • Weekend
  • Holiday on a weekend

Other calendars on Sat 5 Jan 2019

Saturday 5 January 2019 on 7 other calendars
CalendarStatusWhy
Germany: nationwide public holidays (DE)No dataOutside this calendar's sources
T2 (TARGET RTGS) (EU-T2)No dataOutside this calendar's sources
CHAPS (GB-CHAPS)CHAPS closed for the weekend Sat 5 Jan 2019Weekend
FedACH Services (US-FEDACH)No dataOutside this calendar's sources
US federal holidays (US-FEDERAL)No dataOutside this calendar's sources
FedNow Service (US-FEDNOW)FedNow Service open Sat 5 Jan 2019Business day
Fedwire Funds Service (US-FEDWIRE)No dataOutside this calendar's sources

Sources

No entry decides this date, so England and Wales bank holidays's weekend rule does. England and Wales bank holidays is closed every Saturday and Sunday.

Zeitwide release 2026.11.03.1. Evidence and signed receipt for England and Wales bank holidays on Sat 5 Jan 2019

Cite this answer
Zeitwide (2026). GB-EAW on 2019-01-05. Release 2026.11.03.1. https://zeitwide.com/calendars/GB-EAW/2019-01-05

Questions people ask

When does England and Wales bank holidays reopen after Saturday 5 January 2019?

England and Wales bank holidays reopens on Monday 7 January 2019.

Which days is England and Wales bank holidays closed?

England and Wales bank holidays is closed every Saturday and Sunday. It also closes on the holidays published by GOV.UK (Government Digital Service).

Where does this answer come from?

The calendar's weekend rule and no closure for it in GOV.UK (Government Digital Service), in Zeitwide release 2026.11.03.1.

The same answer from the API

curl https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/GB-EAW/days/2019-01-05

{
  "date": "2019-01-05",
  "is_business_day": false,
  "dataset_release": "2026.11.03.1"
}

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